Identical twin girls here who are now 14. My overriding memories are:
0-1 yo: life is a bit pants. No sleep and promises of help from others disappears. We got a nanny “just for the first 3 months”.
1-4: Nanny finishes after 3 years. Girls are really cute.
5-10: Two sets of packed lunches for school, twice as much homework, double the cuddles when you pick them up (well for a couple of years at least)
11-14: Two phones, two contracts, two bedrooms that they spend A LOT of time in!
Twins are ace, they get along great 90% of the time and fight for the other 10%. They love athletics and there’s plenty of rivalry which is good.
My top tips:
As mentioned before, sleep as much as you can
Don’t expect to get out much on the bike for the first 12 months.
Accept any and all help that is offered
Always get two of the same toys – getting different stuff will lead to fighting
Save as much as you can – things are going to get expensive.
Enjoy the ride, I still am doing 🙂
p.s. we also have another daughter who’s two years older than the twins – she tolerates them.